BMX?

OK, this is probaly going to relate only to the young people of talkbass, but I still want to know. Does anybody here BMX? If you do, tell me about it and if you dont, then what is your view of it? Anyway, just trying to get a discussuion going, thanks.

Originally posted by Todd Stanley if you dont, then what is your view of it? Anyway, just trying to get a discussuion going, thanks.

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Well, I don't do BMX, but I do freeride mountain biking. Part of that includes alot of urban riding (Boston, Provi. RI, etc.) where we do mostly BMX/trials inspired stuff. One of my mountain bikes is basically set up as an overbuilt BMX.

As far as BMX itself goes, I love watch and learn from it to adapt certain aspects of it to mountain biking. I wish there was more coverage of BMX on TV, too (especially street style).

i know what you mean, its really hard to find anything about bmx on tv, you sometimes find some vert or dirt stuff, rare to find flatland/street.

does your bike have a crank spider and stuff is that what you mean? a lot of hardcore mountain bikers come with us when we town ride, and they do gaps and hops and things, i guess its kind of intimidating to see 30-40 bmx and moutain bikers going down the middle of small town roads in the middle of tourist season when the our towns population is like under 2000 or somthing, and their isnt a main town anywhere near us. people freak.

well i couldnt find any generic pictures, and mine is taken apart right now

but ill describe it for you,

its a mettalic blue Haro Cosmo,

21 inch frame,

1 piece cranks for now

ringworm tires,

WETHEPEOPLE handlebars(2 piece and unpainted so you can see the welds, they are the greatest but werent cheap)

horrible brakes.

snafu extra comfy grips

thats basically everything ive really dealt with, im planning on getting some snafu 3 piece cranks sometime next season, and i was thinking about semi-tubless tires but i dont think ill go for it, and hopefully ill get some new brakes and maybe a new seat

Me and my friends were mostly into freestyle.
We lived in the Sierra Foothills and built a Quarter Pipe ramp up against a large Oak tree.

The funny thing about the ramp, was there was this punk kid who had built this fort in the woods.
We didn't have any wood to build the ramp so we found his fort and took the wood to build the ramp.
A couple of days after we built the ramp he came over to ride it. As we were riding the ramp he was telling us how someone took apart his fort and took the wood. He never new since we painted the ramp. Those were good times.

Now I own one of the original Redline Squarebacks from the mid 70's and a Cannondale mountain bike

yeah so I got bulldog freefall 3-peice cranks, and I bought a SNAFU extra chunky sprocket with a big fat chain, I bought a BFR wheel with all the fixings for about 400 dollars for my back, and I got my new seat, and new pedals as well. I'm getting some wicked shin pads in a few weeks as well. My bike is even better now.

I ride MTB but i have been riding alot lately with a BMX'er and it has been alot of fun. MY bike is more set as a heavy cross country bike but i got a new/old stock 1999 manitou X-vert with 4" travel not too long ago since i want to get more into urban riding. It rides like butter over some of these curbs and dirtjumps and stuff this BMX kid has me doing. Fun Fun

I loved street riding and mini ramp stuff, used to be able to do all brakeless stuff, fufanus and abubacas, disaster, sprocket stalls etc...dirt jumping was never really my thing, I was a bit crap at that!